Horncastle entertained Barton yesterday (Saturday) and produced their worst performance of the season in losing by 51 runs, once again failing with the bat on a very good surface.
Unusually though, their bowling and fielding was also below par on a hot day, despite eventually managing to dismiss the visitors for 173. Suhail Chandhok was the star of the show with the ball for the second home match running as he took 7 for 36 from 12 overs, but although this should not have been a daunting total in such conditions, it was felt that Barton made 30 or 40 more runs than they ought to have been allowed to.
In the end however, it didn't matter as Horncastle were bowled out for just 122, with only Nick Paige's 47 registering as a significant contribution, batting in a new position of number 4.
Once again, too many early wickets fell and half the batsmen were back in the changing rooms before 70 was on the board and from that position, once Paige was out, there was no coming back this time.
So, with just 11 points from the last two games, Town fall below halfway in the league, though they remain close to all those above and now have a two-week break from league action, where they will focus on getting some batsmen into form hopefully.
On Wednesday evening they take on Lindum, on neutral ground at Nettleham, in the Albion Cup semi-final and on Saturday, they visit Hartsholme in the second round of the George Marshall Cup.
Our thanks go to Mick Devereux for supplying the above information.
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